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Language Not applicable Subject Musicians Name Woodbury and Page

1. Photo 1183(13)

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Photo 1183(13)
Title:
Native Dancing Girls [Semarang]. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of children, standing in front of a mansion, in costume for a 'dancing performance at Kebun Dalem, the residence of the Majoor China Be Biauw Tjoan in Semarang. The children are dressed up in different clothing styles, however not in the style of the J...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1183(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1183(14)
Title:
[Wayang Topeng group, Batavia (Jakarta)]. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '51' in pencil on mount. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Studio group of musicians, with two performers, a man and a women, standing facing each other in front. The man is masked. The photograph is also reproduced in Steven Wachlin, 'Woodbury and Page: Photogr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1183(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1183(15)
Title:
[Gamelan orchestra, Java.] Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '46' in pencil on mount. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group portrait of a gamelan orchestra, seated with their instruments in front of a large wicker-walled, tile-roofed hut. A European man is seated on the verandah of the building in the right background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1183(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1183(16)
Title:
[Gamelan orchestra, Java.] Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '50' in pencil on mount. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group portrait of a gamelan orchestra, seated with their instruments in front of a fenced-off plantation of bananas.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1224/4(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(39)
Title:
Batavian Dancing Girl. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Full-length studio group portrait of a woman in costume, with musicians seated around her. This particular group played wayang topeng, one of the traditional varieties of Javanese theatre, in which the players performed roles while wearing topeng or masks made out of wood. Such groups usually d...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1872
Extent:
1 item